History and geography[edit]
The name comes from the large number of Armenian-Americans who live in the area and also from the large number of Armenian stores and businesses that had already opened in the neighborhood by the early 1970s.
St. Garabed Armenian Apostolic Church is an Armenian church that is located inside Little Armenia. St. Garabed church is the place of prayer for the vast majority of Armenians living in Hollywood. It is located on Alexandria Avenue and it was built in 1978. The church is located in front of the Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School.[citation needed]
The main Los Angeles Branch of the Church of Scientology has been located in Little Armenia on Sunset Bl. between N. Catalina St. and L. Ron Hubbard Way since 1977.[2] In 1996 a small section of what was N. Berendo St. was renamed L. Ron Hubbard way.[3]
Little Armenia's only public park is Barnsdall Art Park, which includes the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Hollyhock House and a city-run arts center built in 1919-1921. The park, located on small but scenic Olive Hill, was donated to the city of Los Angeles by oil heiress Aline Barnsdall.
Many of the novels, short stories and poems of Charles Bukowski, a native of East Hollywood, are set in the area.
One of the major events that occurs in "Little Armenia" is every year on April 24, Armenians gather in Hollywood to take part in a protest for the recognition of Armenian Genocide. Though Hollywood was once home to the biggest Armenian community in the region, Glendale surpassed Hollywood in both the number and proportion of Armenians in population, while Burbank, Pasadena, and La Crescenta also have large Armenian communities but with no special designation.

Transportation[edit]
Vermont and Sunset, Children's Hospital in the background
Little Armenia is served by the Red Line subway which runs north-south along Vermont Avenue and east-west along Hollywood Boulevard.
Metro subway stations include:
Vermont/Santa Monica
Vermont/Sunset
Hollywood/Western
Numerous bus lines run on the major thoroughfares, including Metro's Rapid and Local service lines. Los Angeles Department of Transportation's DASH shuttle lines, serving East Hollywood, Hollywood, and the Griffith Observatory, also operate in the area.
The 101/Hollywood Freeway cuts northwest from downtown Los Angeles, through Hollywood, to the San Fernando Valley.

Gallery[edit]
Little Armenia street sign
Little Armenia banner
Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian school
Mural of The History of Armenia
St. Garabed Church on Alexandria Avenue

See also[edit]
Los Angeles portal
Armenia portal
Armenian American
History of the Armenian Americans in Los Angeles
List of Armenian-Americans
Armenian Diaspora
Armenian Assembly of America
Armenian American Political Action Committee
Armenian National Committee of America
Armenian Youth Federation
Little Armenia, New York